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East Johnson Street: No Ordinary Construction Zone
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Infrastructure unearthed
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The winter that won't be forgotten
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Going without
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The long road to smart meters
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Out of the dark ages
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Why all the main breaks?
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Aging infrastructure meets extreme weather
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Rebuilding pride in Paterson
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"We're working on our knees"
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Madison Water Utility builds new water mains -- inside the old ones
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Embracing new technology
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Sometimes, it's what you don't see
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The stories keep coming in – the landlord who found a broken showerhead spewing water in an unoccupied apartment; the man with a silently running toilet; the couple unaware that a burst hose was gushing in their yard.
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- A funny song about a serious thing
- Reminder: The Great Showerhead Giveaway happening this Saturday!
- Flushing program puts Madison "on the forefront"
- Paying for Progress
- The long road to smart meters
- Going in the hole: Madison Water Utility crews take on main break season
- Madison getting its first new water well in a decade
- Rebuilding pride in Paterson
- Lake View Reservoir reconstruction sparks neighborhood interest
- Madison Water Utility builds new water mains -- inside the old ones
- Well hunters: Finding Madison's long-hidden private wells
History
- What’s under Monroe Street?
- Finding Madison's foxes
- Bidding farewell to Madison’s “legacy” main
- Madison Water Utility turns 135!
- World War II-era journals discovered at construction site
- EPA seeks details of Madison’s Lead Service Replacement Program
- Rediscovering the reservoir
- Unearthing Madison's history
Our People
- Worst-case: What happens when a water main breaks under an airport taxiway?
- Imagine a Day Without Water
- High school students get hands-on training at MWU
- Worst winter ever? Lessons learned from the "polar vortex" winter of 2013-14
- Imagine a day without water
- MWU releases Annual Water Quality Report
- EPA seeks details of Madison’s Lead Service Replacement Program
- Madison women make history -- with a little help from their friends
- Sometimes, it's what you don't see
- MWU honored for winning Best-Tasting Water in the state!
- Wisconsin's first ever women's tapping team created at MWU
Serving the Community
- “Got Water?” project announces 2020 hydration station schools!
- Final segment of decade-long water main project underway
- Toilet Rebate Program hits 1 billion gallons of water saved!
- Worst-case: What happens when a water main breaks under an airport taxiway?
- Wild February weather takes toll on water mains
- “Got Water?” initiative reaches more than 11,000 students
- Imagine a Day Without Water
- Madison Water Utility adds first new well in more than a decade
- High school students get hands-on training at MWU
- Two Madison Water Utility projects getting national attention
- Imagine a Day Without Water
- What does your water dollar pay for?
- Partnership with Project Home making an impact
- What does your water dollar pay for?
- You can now register to vote at Madison Water Utility!
- Planned Blackhawk Water Tower signals growth on the far west side
- MWU invests millions in water infrastructure on northeast side
- Frozen on the inside: Indoor flooding season is here
- Madison Water Utility first in state to launch "ultimate conservation tool"
- The Water Wagon: A cool lesson in sustainability
- New downtown community garden takes root in unlikely spot
- East Johnson Street: No Ordinary Construction Zone
- Major public works project set to begin on north side
- When there's a fire: MWU's critical mission
- Wisconsin Water for the World: Making a difference one village at a time
- Blindsided: When drivers don't see work zones
- The winter that won't be forgotten
- Frozen on the inside: Indoor flooding season is here
- Bad Medicine
Sustainability
- Madison Water Utility reports unprecedented drop in city’s water use
- Final segment of decade-long water main project underway
- EVERY DROP MADISON poll closes soon!
- Average aquifer levels highest in a generation
- Toilet Rebate Program hits 1 billion gallons of water saved!
- Lost Lou and Peter Barryman tune about conservation gets new life.
- Flushing program puts Madison "on the forefront"
- Wild February weather takes toll on water mains
- Annual water use in Madison drops by a billion gallons in six years
- Madison Water Utility adds first new well in more than a decade
- A funny song about a serious thing
- Water use in Madison drops to lowest level in 50 years
- Catching catastrophic plumbing problems -- through email
- 100 miles of main
- Saving Madison from salt
- You have a voice! MWU seeks public input on critical water issues
- How low can we go?
- Why all the main breaks?
- Madison woman gets serious about water conservation, wins an iPad
- MWU customers catch plumbing leaks – online
- All eyes on the aquifer: Is Madison's water supply sustainable?
- Our graywater experiment: 10 years and counting
- Madison Water Utility first in state to launch "ultimate conservation tool"
- When winter's over: the lasting impact of road salt
- Why all the main breaks?
- Bad Medicine
- Our graywater experiment: 8 years and counting
Water quality
- "We'll be doing this forever." Understanding the impact of PFAS
- EVERY DROP MADISON poll closes soon!
- Imagine a Day Without Water
- Widely used chemicals detected in two Madison wells
- Saving Madison from salt
- Into the bore hole: Tackling the road salt problem at a west side well
- Saving Madison from salt
- Madisonians cite safety and conservation as top water issues
- Why add chlorine? The story behind water disinfection
- Water main flushing puts Madison "on the forefront"
- EPA looks to Madison as leader on lead pipe issue
- Saving Madison from salt
- No easy answers for Well 8
- As Safe Drinking Water Act turns 40, Madison ramps up testing
- Taking safety seriously: The story behind water chlorination
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